Cruises Along By-Ways Of The Pacific
By Hobbs, William H.
Signed and inscribe by Wm. Hobbs — dated in the year of publication.
Boston: Stratford, 1923. First Edition. sm8vo – 19.3cm. (18), 162pp. 39 illustrations including 4 maps and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Publisher’s blue cloth with white titles on cover and spine. Exterior and interior are in Fine condition. Interior with inscription by Hobbs on front end leaf, no foxing, folds or tears — a complete copy in Fine condition. With its original un-clipped dust-jacket in good condition.
Illustrated with photos of the authors travels throughout the islands and atolls of the western Pacific Ocean. Escorted by Japanese naval officers and Captain Aoki of the “Matsuyama Maru”, Hobbs travels the island fringes on the western border of the Pacific Ocean, the atolls and coral islands. Hobbs was a geologist, travel author and director of expeditions to Greenland in 1926-30.
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